fish keep dying!!!

[jojo22]

What is your acclimation process for the new fish?
Also you you stated your temp from 76-80, could be the swing in temp?

These two would be where I started my search. Both are critical to survival.

[jimsflies]

For what it's worth, I have found clown gobies at least the yellow ones to not be that hardy. I think they acclimate poorly. After 4 attempts, I finally got one that lived. Then he proceeded to nip and aggitate nearly every coral in my tank. Fortunately, he was easy to catch and trade in.

[Mike]

I would suggest a bi-colored blenny instead.

[jimsflies]

If you are looking for yellow, the best fish in my reef is the yellow fang blenny. Super cool fish.

[MizTanks]

Temp swing is day an night. Yes all fish come from the same LFS, who in turn get them from the same wholesaler. I acclimate by putting new fish into a container with original water -half. Then over a period of 60min I add water from the tank at around 20ml every 15min. Then I'll keep only Atenic lighting on. Believe it or not I'll only buy my fish at night, call me anal.
Sufice it to say I'm through with Clown Gobys. At the same time I got the Clown I also bought a White Ray Prawn Goby, who's doing great! Next week I'm expecting a pistol shrimp, hopefully they'll pair off.
Thanks ya'll.

[graphixx]

now when you say the tank has been set up for 4 month... in your breakin period... how long did you let the tank seed and go through its peaks and valleys with your parameters before you started stocking the tank.

4 months is still fairly young for a tanks IMO. and how often are you checking your parameters???

from my expierence new tanks are alittle touchier to swing out of whack in parameters when you start stocking with livestock.

[jimsflies]

A bit off topic ....I notice you are in marquette. How's the weather up there? I am headed up on Sunday for a week long class, half of which is outdoors.